{"id":314204,"date":"2026-03-05T11:41:19","date_gmt":"2026-03-05T11:41:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/314204\/"},"modified":"2026-03-05T11:41:19","modified_gmt":"2026-03-05T11:41:19","slug":"damage-rules-jayden-ojeda-out-of-melbourne-supercars-qualifying","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/314204\/","title":{"rendered":"Damage rules Jayden Ojeda out of Melbourne Supercars qualifying"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tJayden Ojeda’s #31 PremiAir Racing Chevrolet Camaro.<\/p>\n

Ojeda lost control of his #31 PremiAir Racing Chevrolet Camaro at Turn 5 and made heavy contact with the left-hand side with the parallel wall.<\/p>\n

Thursday is the busiest day of the Supercars program at the Formula 1 Australian Grand Prix, with two practice sessions, back-to-back qualifying for Race 1 and Race 2, and first 19-lap race.<\/p>\n

Speaking ahead of qualifying, Ojeda explained the incident.<\/p>\n

\u201cJust turned in from a little bit wider and just with how dirty the track is off-line, just got caught in the dirt,\u201d said Ojeda.<\/p>\n

\u201cOnce it was off-line a little bit, I was just trying to pull as much speed out of it as I could. Unfortunate.<\/p>\n

\u201cObviously a fair bit of damage to our #31 Camaro, so we\u2019ll miss qualifying but hopefully we\u2019ll get out there for the race.\u201d<\/p>\n

It\u2019s been a bruising start to Ojeda\u2019s first Supercars season as a full-timer.<\/p>\n

At the Sydney 500 he lost a wheel during Race 2<\/a> and made an ill-fated gamble to switch to wet weather tyres in Race 3. Nevertheless, Ojeda took positives out of the weekend.<\/p>\n

\u201cA lot of positives,\u201d said Ojeda.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe didn\u2019t get the results. Took a gamble in the last race with the wets and some other instances in the pit lane that made it a tough Saturday.<\/p>\n

\u201cUltimately, the things that I learnt in the back half of the last two rounds of last year, what I personally needed to work on was a lot about managing the tyre, which coming to Sydney was a big focal point for me.<\/p>\n

\u201cI felt like, putting those things aside, my race pace was still super strong and managed to look after that tyre, which was a big positive or me, so we\u2019ll take that now into the next round when tyre life becomes a bit more of a key factor with the pit stops and the strategy. Some positives.\u201d<\/p>\n

Mobil 1 Live Updates: Supercars Melbourne SuperSprint<\/a><\/p>\n


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